Carriage-axle clip



(No Model.)

S. H. CARPENTER.

Carriage Axle Clip.

No. 235,069. Patented Dec. 7,1880.

UHED TATES FFIQEO ATENT CARRIAGE-AXLE CLIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,069, dated December7, 1880.

Application filed September 17, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SMITH H. CARPENTER, of the town of Virgil, in thecounty of Cortland and State of New York, have invellted certain new anduseful Improvements in (Jarriage-Axle Attachments; and I do herebydeclare. that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a clip kingbolt and other clips for securingthe wooden portion of the axle to the metal portion, and also to afifth-wheel hearing, which forms, by downwardly-extending arms, whichare threaded, as shown. an additional clip made in one with thefifth-wheel hearing; and the novelty consists in the combination andarrangement of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

In this art it. is extremely necessary that the king-bolt should notmove upon the axle from lateral strain, and it is also necessary thatthe iron axle and the wooden portion thereofshould be held firmlytogether.

1 am aware that clip king-bolts have been formed with a lug or stud toprevent lateral motion of the top of the clip.

In my invention I provide a bifurcated kingbolt clip, the lower ends ofthe arms of which are screw-threaded to receive a plate provided with apin orlug, which is secured beneath the metal axle by means of propernuts.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofmyiuvention, and Figs. 2 and 25 detailed portions thereof.

The letter A indicates the metal portion of the axle, B the woodenportion thereof, and O the fiftlrwheel bearing. Said fifth-wheel hearingis provided with downwardly-extending arms E,.which are screw-threadedupon their lower extremities, and receive a plate, a, which (No model.)

is provided with proper shoulders to receive the metal axle, and with apin or stud, Z, which operates in proper perforations in the metal axleto prevent lateral motion. Theupper portion, within the arms, is alsoprovided with a lug or pin, L, which operates within a hole in thewooden portion of the axle.

G indicates thethillclips', which may be similarly constructed.

1) indicates the king-bolt, having the upper pin, L, and plate 0, havinglug or pin I, so cured upon the embracing-arms by nuts 91.

It will be observed that, the pins operating one above within the woodenportion of the axle and the other below in the metal portion thereof,all lateral play is avoided, and also that this construction ofthefifth-wheel bearing is of great utility in this class of vehicles.

Various modifications may be made without departing from the principleor sacrificing the advantages ofthis invention, the essential featuresof which are the upper and lower piir fastenings and thefifth-wheel-bearing clips.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination withthe metallic and wooden portions of the axle, theking-bolt clip and tifth-wheel-bearing clips provided with pins forengaging the wooden portion of the axle, and the securing-platesprovided with similar pins for engaging the metallic portion,whereby theking-bolt and fifth-wheel hearing are secured in place and the metal andwooden portions of the axle firmly bound together against longitudinalas well as lateral displacement, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SMITH H. CARPENTER. Witnesses:

ALFRED GREENE, ARTHUR L. KNIGHT.

